Learning basic of I/O

[amit vikram ghajni]

Hi all
please help me learn basic of I/O. My questions are

1. how java reads the byte and convert them into characters?
2. oprating system converts from byte to character or java.?
3. How does character encoding work?
4. How does plateform(O/S) effect I/O?
5. when to use which class for reading writing data to socket.and why?

please suggest me book or tutorial.

NOTE:-please dont say how to create Stream and Readers.I can find that in books.

[K. Tsang]

Have you checked out the I/O section of the Java Tutorials?

[amit vikram ghajni]

K. Tsang wrote:Have you checked out the I/O section of the Java Tutorials?

yes sir i have checked . Most of the tutorial deals with the java API for I/O.
I need the complete basic so i can implement it in my own customized way.For eg. when i read a byte of data from stream what comes in the program how java interprets it and what comes on the console/terminal?